CVE-2018-15120
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.6%
Description
libpango in Pango 1.40.8 through 1.42.3, as used in hexchat and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted text with invalid Unicode sequences.
How to fix CVE-2018-15120
To remediate CVE-2018-15120, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/pango—upgrade to 1.40.14-r1 or later
- Debian/pango1.0—upgrade to 1.42.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-15120 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.40.14-r1
- from 0, < 1.42.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |